Stephan Livera Podcast

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SLP151 Obi - Coinfloor Going Bitcoin Only & Bitcoin Audits (aka Proof of Reserves) Feb 21, 2020

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Obi Nwosu, CEO and Co-founder of Coinfloor joins me in this episode to talk about his approach to the space. We talk about:

Going Bitcoin Only and when an exchange should delist cryptocurrencies
Proof of Reserves & Proof of Solvency
Educating users of the exchange about Bitcoin
Supporting grass roots bitcoin meet ups, conferences, organisations
Advancing Bitcoin

Obi links:

Twitter: @obi
Coinfloor: https://coinfloor.co.uk/hodl/
Coinfloor Bitcoin Audits: https://coinfloor.co.uk/hodl/proof/

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SLP150 Samourai Wallet - Make Every Bitcoin Spend a CoinJoin Feb 18, 2020

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The co-founder of Samourai Wallet, rejoins me in this episode to talk about the current state of bitcoin privacy techniques, and some exciting updates coming soon to Samourai Wallet. We talk:

Creeping KYC and has bitcoin social culture regressed?
Does taint exist?
Coin selection algorithms. STONEWALL, and Solomon
Stowaway / PayJoin
Wallet fingerprinting and whether it’s an issue
Mobile mixing
Dojo and Ronin Dojo
Thoughts on Lightning and Liquid

Samourai Wallet links:

Website: Samouraiwallet.com
Twitter: @SamouraiWallet
SW Telegram: https://t.me/SamouraiWallet
SW Whirlpool Trollbox Telegram: https://t.me/whirlpool_trollbox
SW Dojo room: https://t.me/samourai_dojo
Ronin Dojo: https://t.me/RoninDojoUI

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SLP149 Waxwing - Is Consumerism at Odds With Privacy in Bitcoin? JoinMarket, PayJoin, SNICKER Feb 15, 2020

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Adam Gibson (aka Waxwing), Bitcoin privacy advocate, and contributor to JoinMarket joins me to discuss his thoughts on the state of privacy in Bitcoin. We talk about:

Why consumerism mentality may stop people from using privacy techniques
Why blockchain analysis companies are probably over rated
Schnorr Taproot and cross input signature aggregation
CoinJoinXT
SNICKER
JoinMarket
PayJoin

Adam Gibson links:

Mastodon: @waxwing
Twitter: @waxwing__
Github: AdamISZ
Blog: JoinMarket.me/blog
JoinMarket:JoinMarket.me
Github: https://github.com/JoinMarket-Org/joinmarket-clientserver
- IRC: #joinmarket on freenode

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SLP148 Petek @RadarRayne - Bridging Art and Bitcoin with Stock to Flow Feb 10, 2020

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Petek (@RadarRayne) joins me to talk about coming into Bitcoin as an artist, and creating Bitcoin art. We also chat about her experience working with PlanB on stock to flow inspired art pieces, her thoughts on women in bitcoin, and how some ideas were just ripe for being created!

Petek Links:

Twitter: @RadarRayne

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SLP147 Pierre Rochard & Saifedean Ammous - Bitcoin as Savings Technology & Number Go Up Feb 07, 2020

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Pierre Rochard (Kraken, Noded Podcast, Nakamoto Institute) and Saifedean Ammous (Bitcoin economist and author of The Bitcoin Standard) join me to talk about Bitcoin as Savings Technology and Number Go Up technology. This point is often misunderstood, so listen in for discussion on:

Cash balance
Savings technology
Number Go Up
Stock to flow
Lightning and Bitcoin developments

Pierre Rochard Links:

Twitter: @pierre_rochard
Kraken Careers: Kraken Careers
Kraken: Kraken.com
Nakamoto Institute: Nakamotoinstitute.org
Noded Podcast: Noded.org

Saifedean Ammous Links:

Twitter: @saifedean
Site: https://saifedean.com/

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SLP146 Will Cole - Bitcoin Native Financial Services Feb 03, 2020

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Will Cole, CPO of Unchained Capital joins me to talk about:

Learning about bitcoin and austrian economics
Bitcoin meet ups and the shifts over time
Getting ready for a bull run
Bitcoin and allodial title
Wyoming Blockchain taskforce
Unchained Capital vaults and loans
Bitcoin as collateral

Will Cole links:

Twitter: @Willcole
Unchained Capital: Unchained-capital.com
Unchained Capital twitter: @unchainedcap

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SLP145 Rahim Taghizadegan - The Zero Interest Rate Trap and social consequences of fiat Jan 31, 2020

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Rahim Taghizadegan, Austrian economist and author, joins me in this episode to talk about the problems with central banking, and social consequences of fiat money. If you enjoyed earlier episodes on Austrian economics, you’ll really enjoy this one! We talk:

Why central banking is a problem
What governments are enabled to do
Capital structure of production
Social consequences of fiat money
How to escape the Zero Interest Rate Trap

Rahim Links:

Twitter: @scholarium_at
Book: https://www.incrementum.li/en/book-the-zero-interest-rate-trap/
Website: scholarium.at

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SLP144 Steve Lee - Square Crypto and Supporting Bitcoin Development Jan 26, 2020

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Steve Lee joins me in the first official Square Crypto podcast appearance! We talk about how he got into Bitcoin, and Square Crypto’s focus on supporting Bitcoin and Lightning open source development. We talk about:

The Square Crypto team and their focus
Lightning Development Kit
BTCPayServer
Zman
Supporting bitcoin development
UI and UX issues with bitcoin today

Links:

Steve Lee Twitter: @moneyball
Square Crypto: @sqcrypto
Square Crypto blog post

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SLP143 Eduardo Gomez - Bitcoin as a source of truth in Venezuela Jan 21, 2020

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Eduardo Gomez, head of customer support at Purse.io joins me to talk about some interesting developments in Venezuela and bitcoin being used to transfer value across borders. We talk about:

Eduardo’s background
Bitcoin as source of truth
Petro
Stablecoins
What’s needed in terms of tooling and education
Bitcoin in Argentina

Eduardo links:

Twitter: @codiox
Purse: purse.io

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SLP142 Pierre-Marie Padiou - ACINQ & Phoenix Wallet: easiest non-custodial lightning wallet yet? Jan 18, 2020

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Pierre-Marie Padiou is CEO and co-founder of ACINQ, building on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network. We talk about how ACINQ got founded and their very impressive new Lightning wallet, Phoenix. Phoenix represents a step forward in non-custodial Lightning wallet user experience and we talk about the tradeoffs that go into making this a reality. This episode is a must listen so you know how to best demonstrate Lightning for Bitcoin Lightning newbies or family/friends.

ACINQ links:

Twitter: @acinq_co
ACINQ Website: https://acinq.co/
Phoenix Website: https://phoenix.acinq.co/
Github: https://github.com/ACINQ/
Telegram: https://t.me/phoenix_wallet

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